Short and sweet this week as the weather wasn’t the greatest over the weekend. EAST COAST Species: Crayfish. The East Coast Crayfish season opened on the weekend and despite some terrible weather anglers ventured out and reported some great catches off St Helens and Bicheno. GREAT LAKE Species: Brown Trout. Great Lake hosted the CJ
WOODS LAKE Species: Brown Trout. Woods Lake has been fishing well the past few weeks for Brown Trout with anglers reporting some great catches. Trolling lures such as Tassie Devils and Small Diving lures working a treat. NORTH WEST COAST Species: Snapper. The North West Coast was the Snapper hot spot this week with some
ARTHURS LAKE Species: Brown Trout. Arthurs Lake was the pick of the Trout lakes this week with anglers landing plenty of nice Brown Trout. Casting Hard Body and Soft plastic lures along the shore the winds blowing on to working well. ST HELENS Species: Flathead. Flathead was the fish of the week this week off
BICHENO Species: Bluefin Tuna. Bluefin Tuna are back on the East Coast with anglers reporting a few good catches around the Bicheno area. Knife Jigs and Soft Plastics were used to land these. WATERHOUSE Species: Flathead and Gummy Shark. We have had many reports the last few weeks of decent sized Flathead and Gummy Sharks
BASS STRAIGHT Species: Calamari Squid. Another great weekend out on the water with some awesome fishing conditions to go along with it. Calamari Squid have been reported all up and down the North Coast, with many anglers simply drifting squid jigs out the back of their boats while bottom fishing for other fish. Fluro Orange
BASS STRAIGHT Species: Mako Shark. The long weekend came and went and many anglers took full advantage of the weather and spent the weekend out on the water. If you’re up for a adrenaline rush then Mako Sharks have started to show up along the coast. A large fresh bait drifting in a burley trail
